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Time to bring this 5 year old DU post back to life (Original Post) Quixote1818 Mar 2015 OP
Well done... Spazito Mar 2015 #1
The gay guy is the real hero. Should make right wing heads explode. Scuba Mar 2015 #32
Nah, the right wingers have a propensity to pretend what really happened didn't and what... Spazito Mar 2015 #34
I'm going to fix that for you sharp_stick Mar 2015 #2
This makes more sense! They really want us to think a gay man could be this brave? nt Quixote1818 Mar 2015 #4
lol Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #11
ha! frylock Mar 2015 #16
Ha! You should make Billo the boy Oilwellian Mar 2015 #20
There really should be a like button on posts. pennylane100 Mar 2015 #21
Ditto to the brilliant. SoapBox Mar 2015 #26
I KNEW IT!!! d_legendary1 Mar 2015 #29
well done AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #33
DUzy! Drop the mic, because this one is OVER! 11 Bravo Mar 2015 #36
Why is his story never told!?!? KeepItReal Mar 2015 #38
ROFL! Cali_Democrat Mar 2015 #44
The things one learns on DU. Octafish Mar 2015 #3
Say what you want about Anderson... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2015 #5
Gupta, though, is a quack. Anderson is the real deal, IMO. closeupready Mar 2015 #22
Perhaps. But he was pretty bad-ass during the Haiti quake. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2015 #30
Sure. Got no problem with that. closeupready Mar 2015 #31
He's a quack? He's a brain surgeon! MADem Mar 2015 #42
it was a long wait SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #43
I don't get angry at people who come around.... MADem Mar 2015 #45
People who "come around" are generally liberal/progressive. That's pretty much one big libdem4life Mar 2015 #47
thank you for reminding us. niyad Mar 2015 #6
Great post mainstreetonce Mar 2015 #8
Wait ... Lying actor? staggerleem Mar 2015 #15
BillO's a "nextgen'er". 2naSalit Mar 2015 #17
I thought he was a combat veteran! sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #19
He's no actor. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2015 #39
AC: educated, gay, 1% Vanderbilt heir, ex-CIA, does good! O'Reilly: bullies, lies, incites hatred. freshwest Mar 2015 #7
wow samsingh Mar 2015 #9
Wow! Now there you have a real man and a real journalist. Hekate Mar 2015 #10
Anderson Cooper is a good guy. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #12
Yup! dbackjon Mar 2015 #13
Hero. He would have done it without a camera around. Ed Suspicious Mar 2015 #14
Too bad he's on a 2naSalit Mar 2015 #18
It's a trite cliche of apologists, but in this case, he may REALLY be trying to 'change from within' closeupready Mar 2015 #24
I wonder where that youngster is today? Omaha Steve Mar 2015 #23
And, while I know this is a frivolous comment, I love it when AC gets the giggles... Flaxbee Mar 2015 #25
Oh me too! It's the best part of the New Year's Eve coverage for me. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #27
YES! He's a great giggler. I like him a lot, always have. Demoiselle Mar 2015 #35
Never saw that! Thanks, Q! Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #28
Very cool. Cooper's got guts. PatrickforO Mar 2015 #37
Anderson Cooper in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina KeepItReal Mar 2015 #40
I remember seeing that... one_voice Mar 2015 #41
I remember that malaise Mar 2015 #46
Kick! RiverLover Mar 2015 #48

Spazito

(49,750 posts)
1. Well done...
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 12:08 PM
Mar 2015

The stark difference between someone who actually put their life on the line and a coward who lies about their actions.

Spazito

(49,750 posts)
34. Nah, the right wingers have a propensity to pretend what really happened didn't and what...
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 04:59 PM
Mar 2015

didn't happen really did. Were their heads to explode, though, it would be merely a smelly fart given their heads only hold shit fed to them by lying assholes like O'Lielly.

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
2. I'm going to fix that for you
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 12:21 PM
Mar 2015

That was an obvious photoshop, I can tell because of the pixels...

Here's the original photo that the MSM doesn't want you to see.

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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,080 posts)
5. Say what you want about Anderson...
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 12:27 PM
Mar 2015

...but he and Sanjay Gupta were pretty bad-ass during the entire coverage of the Haitian earthquake. I was pretty much glued to their coverage for a week.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,080 posts)
30. Perhaps. But he was pretty bad-ass during the Haiti quake.
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 03:39 PM
Mar 2015

At one point taking over a hospital when there were no other doctors around.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
45. I don't get angry at people who come around....
Fri Mar 6, 2015, 03:21 AM
Mar 2015

I mean, really, if one only associated with ideal people, who would have any friends?

I don't demand perfection, so long as people are striving to be better. He didn't just change his mind, he told everyone about it and went on the air about it, too. He did more to advance the cause of legalization than any hundred other well known people, simply because of his name recognition and gravitas.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
47. People who "come around" are generally liberal/progressive. That's pretty much one big
Fri Mar 6, 2015, 10:43 AM
Mar 2015

characteristic ... willingness to look at evolving or even older situations, but evolve in one's viewpoint. That's just the opposite of the knuckle draggers.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,320 posts)
39. He's no actor.
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 11:17 PM
Mar 2015

He's a High School History Teacher, and a bad one.

That is, after all, what he is qualified to do.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
7. AC: educated, gay, 1% Vanderbilt heir, ex-CIA, does good! O'Reilly: bullies, lies, incites hatred.
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 01:05 PM
Mar 2015
And is chief of Roger Ailes' crew of guttersnipes.

Love what Maru Kitteh said on that thread:

I happen to believe firmly that AC is one of the few out there that is the real deal. Hat's off.

I like him because he's not a shrieking carnival barker for either the left or the right.


Shrieking carnival barker is my new name for Bill-O. Thanks for posting this.

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
10. Wow! Now there you have a real man and a real journalist.
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 01:22 PM
Mar 2015

I don't think I'd seen this -- I certainly didn't remember it. Thank you for bringing it back.

2naSalit

(86,048 posts)
18. Too bad he's on a
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 02:09 PM
Mar 2015

sketchy-with-the-facts network. He'd be so much better if he was on some less "scripted" channel.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
24. It's a trite cliche of apologists, but in this case, he may REALLY be trying to 'change from within'
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 02:31 PM
Mar 2015

I don't always agree with his arguments or biases, but I think in every case, it's a PRINCIPLED divergence of opinion.

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
25. And, while I know this is a frivolous comment, I love it when AC gets the giggles...
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 02:36 PM
Mar 2015

he has such an infectious laugh.

And does seem to have integrity.

 

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)
28. Never saw that! Thanks, Q!
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 03:04 PM
Mar 2015

But why is the boys face so red? Is he super embarrassed he had to be saved by a gay man?
(just in case)

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
41. I remember seeing that...
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 11:27 PM
Mar 2015

the first thing my son said 'you would never see anyone from Fox rushing in to help anyone, especially if they're black'. He was 18 at the time.

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